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Wilgren leads Hudson past ECA Stars

01/06/2017, 6:00am CST

By Michael Trzinski, WiPH Staff

Junior star tallies seven points in 8-6 win

In a wild game which saw no period with less than four goals, visiting Hudson grabbed a 7-2 lead early in the third period and then held on for dear life as the Eau Claire-Altoona Stars scored four straight to make a game of it before an empty-netter sealed an 8-6 victory for Hudson.

Lexie Nelson scored for Hudson just 22 seconds in for an early 1-0 lead.

The period was quiet until the last four minutes, which saw three goals total notched in a span of 1:15.

Abigail Stow scored on a power play with 4:24 left to tie the game, only to see Gretta Mohrland give Hudson a 2-1 lead 29 seconds later.

The Stars had a goal waived off less than a half-minute later, but made up for it shortly after as Stow tallied an unassisted goal with 3:09 left in the period.

The horn sounded on a 2-2 tie, with each team firing nine shots in the period.

The Raiders scored three straight goals in a span of 3:32 early in the middle period to extend their lead to 5-2. Anna Wilgren, Dani Robson, and Katie Meierotto scored to give the guests a three-goal advantage.

Stow was denied on a bust-out with six minutes left but then while playing 4-on-4, Wilgren scored three minutes later to stretch the lead to 6-2.

Hudson outshot ECA 11-7 in the period.

Wilgren scored four minutes in to make it 7-2 Hudson, but then ECA made a valiant comeback.

In 14 seconds, Lauren Carmody scored twice to cut the lead to 7-4.

Cameron Carmody got in on the action, scoring with just under six minutes left to make it 7-5 and get the home crowd fired up.

A goal by Stow three minutes later cut the lead to one goal, but the Stars were unable to notch the game-tying goal as Wilgren scored an empty-netter with 21 seconds left to account for the final scoring.

Shots were 11-9 in favor of Hudson in the period.

Wilgren notched a playmaker for Hudson, while Stow and Charlotte Akervik each had two helpers for ECA.